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Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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Latestfrom 2024 tagged Text based (1,239 results)

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Trapped in darkness, you can only hope to escape.
Adventure
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A modern ascii text adventure
Adventure
Can find your way back?
Adventure
Survival Horror Visual Novel based on true stories hundreds of patients report to authorities in Panama every year.
Visual Novel
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Vee and Aiden live together in ‘The Den’, but tonight, they will begin to question everything they thought they knew
Interactive Fiction
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A MUDdy Multiplayer Roguelike!
Role Playing
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Attempt to port C64 game OEL to modern system.
Strategy
Люди исчезают здесь
Interactive Fiction
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Interactive Fiction
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Make a decision
Simulation
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Grow your garden! <3
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Version 1 of the game (no graphics)
Visual Novel
My first project for college. This game is meant to be played a few times if you want different outcomes. Please enjoy.
Interactive Fiction
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Be a hell judge, uncover the truths behind cases, and pass judgement on ghosts involved.
Visual Novel
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Deerly beloved, we are gathered here to brawl… or maybe fall in love
Visual Novel
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A short Twine narrative game about spending a cozy day at home.
Interactive Fiction
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Medieval fantasy open-world game
Adventure
listing all the time I think about you
Interactive Fiction
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The classic "guess the number" project that any programming class will have you create.
Strategy
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Text-based RPG where you choose a class and roleplay as an Opossum in the Appalachian Mountains!
Role Playing
A Playable Essay on Design and Community
Puzzle
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Unleash your improv abilities with your friends! Craft unique stories from randomly-generated movie prompts!
The text used in this game is taken from the "Gokan no Ge," the prayer recited by Zen Buddhist monks before eating.
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In a dystopian future, you play as Isaac, a man attempting to overcome his past, or maybe even change it?
Adventure
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Survival
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This is a text-based game that is mainly focused on Time Travel but dabbles in themes like Dark fantasy and Sci-Fi.
Visual Novel
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Interactive Fiction
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Classic text-based adventure as a macro-free Excel spreadsheet
Interactive Fiction
Vous aimez corriger les fautes d'orthographe des gens ? Parfait, Lempadère est fait pour vous :]
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A short text-based game. Inspired by a fear of mine.
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A horror style choose your own adventure set in a lighthouse tower
Interactive Fiction
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basically buckshot roulette but only with text and no utility
Strategy
watch and feed fish
Simulation
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just add evil
Interactive Fiction
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"Create your driver, race through F2, and rise to Formula greatness in this thrilling career simulation.
Simulation
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